St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-31

the last message of the retiring governor.
ut is beneath the dignity of the ex-governor
to claim that 100000 people are being denied
admission; no one knows better than Gov
Pierce the population OF North Dakotn and
that North Dakota has never vet asked adj
mission" In the same paper an old soldier
replies to the unofficial appeal of Gov. pierce
to the army BOYS TO get mad and kick at the
alleged treatment of MIR. Springer and
congress. He says: eft will be time enough
to appeal to the old soldiers Of the countr;- Il,
resent the treatment which DAKOTA is receiving
from congress when the soldiers enter any
complaint For any soldier in Dakota who
complains of the ill-treatment of congress by
its refusal to divide the territory and admit
about one-haIf or one-third and leave the
other two-Ihlrds and half out in the cold.
we will find one that will complain bitterly if
it does
Mrs. John Lutte, in Sargent county. is
widow with genuine Dakota pluck Three
years ago her husband secured IL claim and
ne nlled the first grave in the town of Sargent
about year ago. The widow was left with
the claim, cabin and five children under ten
years OF are, and with her own hands she is
making living for them off the land. Last
fall miscreant stole loo bushels of her
wheat. One OF the coolest days recently she
went alone three miles to haul Il load of straw
Tor her StOcH; on the way the load upset and
she reloaded. VITA the thermometer 81 : below
zero. She frequently has TO leave the chill
dren aiole all day, the youngest Only months
Old Sac will come through al! ight, but her
task is not an inviting one even fer Il Dakota
woman.
In one OF the Central Dakota towns man
who has whitened head and is Il Su ldIy
school superintendent and pillar III The
church, with Il lovely wife and several chill
dren, advertised i'll Chicago matrimonial
publication as Young physician who had
not time to look for wife, and solicited cor
ceiving letters in female handwriting from
all over The country, and his wife is appraised
of the facts, and the domestic goose does not
now hang high in that household. The church
wants him TO explain also. His claim that he
simply wanted to give the giddy girls who
take such risks the benefit OF his experience
and paternal Judgment is not accepted as
Justification.
1t is stated, as if it was a significant matter,
thar the Givisionists have Il majority OF the
members of the legislature. it would he a
surprise if such was not the case, in view of
the fact that there are but eight Democrats
out of the seventytwo members and the Re-
publican convention resolved in favor of d.
vision. This is the first session Of the legisla-
ture when the anti-division sentiment has
been strong enough to assert itself and not be
oyerawed. If the Democrats were represented
in proportion TO their popular vote there
would be majority of the legislature OPP
North and Center would send no members in
favor of division. There are two or three
members from the North in favor Of division,
but they misrepreSent their constituencies on
that queStCn
Quite number of the papers are favora-
bly, discussing the somewhat original scheme
of insurance for farmers proposed by the
Grand Forks Plaindeaer. 1t proposes for
the Legislature to pass Il law that Will author
ize the farmers OF the terri tory to resolve
themselves into one vast insurance company,
OF which township, county and territorial
officers shall be the receiving and dsbursing
MEDIUMS The farmers turn into the assessor
the number of acres they wish insured and
pay say 70 cents per acre, aud the account is
kept and business done with no cost except
for adjustment.
The young people of Grand Rapids have
organized Il society that would find fields for
operation in a good man; Dakota towns
and possibly some out of the territory. 1t is
an anti-sang society. They have badges and
signs and passwords, and each member car
ries book in which they put down each
doubtful word, to be Submitted to the deci-
sion Of the society. 1t is found that there is
room to talk good deal and that they are
able TO make themselves understood without
either slang Or profanity. Slang and gum
chewin are especially common among the
girls in many places.
ptThe executive committee of the Huron
state has issued circular letter to all South
Dakota editors soliciting their support. The
Esteline Bell responds with an account of the
achievement of the cow that undertook to
buck locomotive off the track, and says:
So it is, in our opinion, with the we-are-a-
state gent lenen. They exhibit an admirable
amount of pluck, but their efforts to demolish
the governmental engine and ride into the
Union without the consent Of congress will
pull up in about the same place the old COW
did-eternity.
The Bangor Rustler says that help from
abroad is urgently needed by many OF
the settlers in Walworth county. They are
in danger of freezing and starving. 1t says
that the only crop that did not fail was
the hay, and the deep snow prevents its
transportlon where needed, aud cattle are
starving. The winter set in eerlier than
usual, and it the must severe of which there
is record there. The paper insists that there
must be organized effort to obtain relief at
once. ~ n
In the north part of Hanson county the
farmers are in f1uttnr Of enthusiasm over
simple device thar = a seventy-fOot well
in five or SIX hours u. .1sts, with piping and
all, but SIS. Every farmer is having these
wells scattered about his farms, and they
furnish flowing streams of water, some of
them with force to carry them forty feet
above the surface. The water is pure and
clear, and in consequence claims about there
have advanced in price from $500 to $500.
The district attorney of Lawrence county
gave the county board advice that 1t could
not allow bills for any purpose in excess of
the 4 per cent limit for Indebtedness laid
down by congress. and test case was
brought before Judge Thomas the new judge,
WHO decided that the limitation did not apply
to needful expenses to carry on the county
government. Debts incurred by the ordinary
operation of laws must be paid, he decides.
A bright and attractive young lady who
lately came out to Dakota from one of the
Atlantic cities, in response to q matrimonial
advertisement, would not marry the fellow
after she saw him, but was so pleased with
the country that she decided to locate--and
incidentally it might be mentioned, that she
had six first-clasS offers OF marriage the first
week. She is taking little time to get ac-
quanted and look up their records before she
decides.
The case of Miss Ellen E. Pratt is good
example for enterprising girls in the states.
Miss Ellen came to Dakota q few years ago,
and took u fine claim added another, and
improved them. She had frequent occasion
to consult talented, unmarried young at
torney in Brule county, Aaron S. Striver, and
a mutual interest rose not pertaining strictly
to bust ness, and this month she dropped her
name and became Mrs. Striver. There are
many more eligible attorneys.
Parties who have recently made the trip by
stage from Minuewaukan to jamestown,
some l20 miles, along side of a railroad track,
closed for the winter, express themselv es
very strongly in favor of the bill pending n
the legislature compelling railroads to keep
their lines open in the deep snow season.
There are none of the closed branches that
could not be kept open if there was traffic
enough to induce the roads to make proper
effort.
J. NJ. Twohy, the court clerk in Pembina
and rising statesman, returns from Bismarck
n matt q half thQ